Card and letter case.



. WRIGHT.

CARD AND LETTER CASE. APPLICATEON FILED no.4, 1915.

Patentefl Jan. 2, 191?.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 191?.

Application filed December 4, 1915. Serial No. 85,033.

tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same. r

This invention relates to card and letter cases, designed for containing letters,

. papers, cards and bills in the pocket, and

one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a device which will be con venient, which will occupy but little space, which will lie flat, and which will securely hold a number of papers, letters and so forth.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective" view of a card and letter case made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and made on a larger scale, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view showing the edges of the case pressed together to give'access to the contents.

The pocket-book or case may be made of paper stock, leather or other suitable material, and in making the case, a strip of material is taken, and bent'over at the opposite side edgestoward the center, thus forming a long blank which is doubled upon itself to form a short pocket and a long pocket as will be hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawing, the-numeral 1 designates the back portion of the case, 2 is the front portion thereof. The back 1 is extended to form a flap 3 which extends down in front beyond the front portion 2 of the case. To form the shorter pocket 4 of the case, the blank is provided with inwardly extending portions 5 on one side and similarly extending portions 6 upon the opposite side, as shown more clearly in Figs.

3 and 4. The inwardly extending members may be beveled as shown at 7, and the edgesof the members 6 are oppositely beveled as shown at 8,- so that when the pocket-book is pressed together at the side edges it will bulge outso-that the contents of the case maybe readily withdrawn.

In makingup the case, a single piece of material may be used in which the backportion, and the extended'side portions 5 and 6 are formed integraL-and after the portions I 5 and 6 have been folded inwardly, the blank isfolded on the line 9 a the bottom to from the short pocket 4 and the long pocket 4 As shown in Fig. 2, the portions 5 and 6 extend up to where the flap 3 is bent over to the front, as indicated by the letter a.

- A suitable fastening like a glove fastener may be used for holding the flap 3 connected to the body of the case.

VVhenthe two side edges of the case or pocket-book are pressed together, as shown in Fig. 4, the beveled edges 7 are forced be tween the layers 6, and when the pocketbook is flattened out the beveled edges 7 are in the position indicated in Fig. 3

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a case or pocket-book made in accordance with this invention is made up .from a single piece of paper or leather of substantially rectangular form bent inward at the sides and forming a tubular blank which is then bent on the line 9 to provide the two pockets 4 and 4 Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is 1. A card or letter case made from a sinple piece of material having the sides bent over toward the center, and said folded blank being bent upon itself to form two separate pockets, said bent sides forming a telescoping partition between said pockets whereby the contents of said pockets can be easily removed when the sides of the pockets are squeezed.

2. A card orletter case made from a single piece of material having the sides bent In testimony whereof I afix my signature 1tfi erktiward bthe center, 2111;} saifd folded in presence of two witnesses.

an eing ent upon itse to orm two separate pockets, said. bent sides having'their I REUBEN WRIGHT 5 edges oppositely beveled whereby said bent Witnesses: sides are adapted to telescope fol-the pur- D. O. BENTLEY, pose set forth. D. H. HICKS. 

